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Lee Mandelo
@leemandelo.bsky.social
phd candidate - critic - writer of books (gay southern gothic ā€˜Summer Sonsā€™ + forthcoming t4t appalachian historical ā€˜The Woods All Blackā€™ + more!) - he/him
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PDpaulduane.bsky.social

Always worth remembering that Star Wars is an allegory about the struggle of the Vietnamese people against the evil American empire.

Was Apocalypse Now a project the two of them thought up? M: No. Originally George Lucas was going to direct, so it was a project that George and John developed for Zoetrope. That was back in 1969. Then when Warner Bros. cancelled the financing for Zoetrope, the project was abandoned for a while. After the success of American Graffiti in 1973, George wanted to revive it, but it was still too hot a topic, the war was still on, and nobody wanted to finance something like that. So George considered his options: What did he really want to say in Apocalypse Now? The message boiled down to the ability of a small group of people to defeat a gigantic power simply by the force of their convictions. And he decided, All right, if it's politically too hot as a contempo- rary subject, I'll put the essence of the story in outer space and make it happen in a galaxy long ago and far away. The rebel group were the North Vietnamese, and the Empire was the United States. And if you have the force, no matt
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PDpaulduane.bsky.social

I donā€™t know why I find this photo so moving. Krisā€™s support, his positive masculinity, Sineadā€™s quiet determination. Both of them gone now.

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Krockheadkengo.bsky.social

PayPal is updating their ToS to let themselves give your data to merchants starting in November and they're certainly banking on people not knowing to opt out, SO to opt out before they start: go to Settings > Data & Privacy > Manage shared info > Personalized shopping, and toggle that shit off

Screenshot of PayPal's Terms of Service update, outlining their "personalized shopping" feature where they allow themselves the right to give info about you to other companies
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ZEzrellor.bsky.social

Putting this out there: there is a BIG difference in the SFF community between how visibly trans/non-binary people are treated and how trans/non-binary people who are perceived as cis men/women are treated

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STseantcollins.bsky.social

Lots of trouble could be avoided if people were taught horniness is a state to be enjoyed, not a problem to be solved

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NBnatania.bsky.social

Helene is just devastating to the people of NC. I just saw someone post, after people trying to get a hold of her: ā€œI am alive, but my city is gone.ā€ 8 words, Iā€™m holding back tears, trying to explain to people over here. No, entire towns are gone. This place, its people, its heart: ripped out.

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KBkeffy.bsky.social

Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to spend more brain cycles writing fiction than I do emotionally responding to colleagues being anti-trans or some asshole trying to pass a law against trans people existing, or or or.

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ENemilyatlast.bsky.social

The central mistake that Dr Cass made is to work from the assumption that transitioning is a *bad outcome* to be avoided if possible. This is so obviously paternalistic and damaging to trans people's lived realities, whatever their age. Better support for trans kids will literally save lives.

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Lee Mandelo
@leemandelo.bsky.social
phd candidate - critic - writer of books (gay southern gothic ā€˜Summer Sonsā€™ + forthcoming t4t appalachian historical ā€˜The Woods All Blackā€™ + more!) - he/him
789 followers274 following340 posts